The Quarterly Review, Volume 105William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1859 |
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... true as that Pitt received his deathblow from the news of the battle of Austerlitz . The terms and consequences are matter of history . In the war of pamphlets and the parliamentary discussions that ensued , Lord Cornwallis sustained no ...
... true as that Pitt received his deathblow from the news of the battle of Austerlitz . The terms and consequences are matter of history . In the war of pamphlets and the parliamentary discussions that ensued , Lord Cornwallis sustained no ...
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... true that , compelled to make peace , he hastily conceded terms which laid the foundation of future disputes and difficulties . On the contrary , when Tippoo , who wished to retain the power of wreaking vengeance on the Rajah of Courg ...
... true that , compelled to make peace , he hastily conceded terms which laid the foundation of future disputes and difficulties . On the contrary , when Tippoo , who wished to retain the power of wreaking vengeance on the Rajah of Courg ...
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... true principles of taxation ; and the terrible events of the last two years , far from producing unanimity , have simply brought to light the most astounding and perplexing variety of opinion as to the policy to be adopted in Hindostan ...
... true principles of taxation ; and the terrible events of the last two years , far from producing unanimity , have simply brought to light the most astounding and perplexing variety of opinion as to the policy to be adopted in Hindostan ...
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... true picture of manners ; and the following document , the jocular production of Lord Mountjoy , suggests that Shanes Castle may have supplied Miss Edgeworth with a trait or two : - " " Resolutions " " Resolutions formed to promote ...
... true picture of manners ; and the following document , the jocular production of Lord Mountjoy , suggests that Shanes Castle may have supplied Miss Edgeworth with a trait or two : - " " Resolutions " " Resolutions formed to promote ...
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... true of the noisiest of the Irish patriots , ' All these men have their price ; ' and he had made up his mind to pay it rather than be baffled in a scheme on which , like the English Minister , he had set his heart and staked his ...
... true of the noisiest of the Irish patriots , ' All these men have their price ; ' and he had made up his mind to pay it rather than be baffled in a scheme on which , like the English Minister , he had set his heart and staked his ...
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